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Photon OS 1.0: Nettle PHSA-2018-1.0-0119

high Nessus Plugin ID 121816

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the nettle package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-119.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121816

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0119_nettle.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/7/2019

Updated: 2/7/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:nettle, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6489